Eric Dewberry is a sports analyst with previous stops at The Linemakers on Sporting News and Cox Enterprises. He owns a PhD in Communications, a drum kit, and way too many baseball cards.

The high-flying Ravens are laying their most points ever in a playoff clash on Saturday night, spotting a reborn Titans team nearly double digits on oddsboards for their AFC Divisional Round matchup.
The pair topped the AFC in scoring average in the second half of the regular season, Baltimore posting 35.2 and Tennessee 31.2 points per game since Week 8. Despite those offensive runs, bettors are pushing the game total south in early trading.
## Titans at Ravens (-9, 47)
__Kickoff:__ 8:15 p.m. ET / 7:15 p.m. CT (CBS)
__Line movement:__ The Ravens opened 10-point favorites on Sunday, early wagering action causing the line dip to -9, and from there, bouncing between -9 and -9.5. Point-spread ticket count is nearly split, with 52% of action backing Baltimore, per [SportsInsights](https://www.sportsinsights.com/nfl/) at midweek.
The total opened at 48 points, flirted with 48.5, but has been bet down to as low as 46.5 as of this post.
__What bettors need to know:__ The Titans (10-7 SU, 10-7 ATS) are transformed with Ryan Tannehill under center. The team is 8-3 SU and ATS since the former Dolphins signal-caller was installed as the starting quarterback in Week 7. The offense is averaging a whopping 29.5 points behind Tannehill, as opposed to 16.3 through the first six weeks.
Tannehill's quick-hit passes and ability to throw downfield has made the offense balanced and dangerous. Perhaps the most significant development is the passing game's boost to the rushing attack, defenses forced to respect each threat equally. Including its 20-13 wild-card win over the Patriots last week, Tennessee averages 164.3 rushing yards since Tannehill took over, efficiency through the roof at 5.5 yards per carry. Bell-cow running back Derrick Henry has surpassed the century mark in rushing in six of his last seven games.
Still, the Titans' improved rushing game is not enough to threaten the Ravens' (14-2 SU, 11-5 ATS) ground attack. Behind dual-threat quarterback Lamar Jackson, the franchise set the NFL single-season record for most rushing yards in a season (3,296). This edge is significant for bettors, since the [better rushing team](https://www.betchicago.com/nfl-divisional-round-betting-trends-tips-playoffs) in a divisional-round matchup is 43-24-1 ATS (64.2%) since 2002.
Tennessee's Marcus Mariota -- like Jackson, a dual-threat former Heisman Trophy winner -- is serving as the scout team quarterback ahead of the matchup. Head coach Mike Vrabel [believes](https://www.pennlive.com/baltimore-ravens/2020/01/titans-have-a-plan-to-prepare-for-baltimore-ravens-lamar-jackson-but-they-have-perspective-too.html) Mariota's abilities will help the defense find answers in slowing the Ravens offense, outside of “tying Jackson's shoelaces together.”
Baltimore's defense is as impressive as the offense, despite not serving front and center like in year's past. It has not allowed more than 21 points to a foe since Week 5. The unit's last 11 opponents, in fact, have failed to reach their projected team total in the betting market. The Ravens are 11-0 SU and 9-2 ATS in this span.
Powerful defenses are a hallmark of the Ravens franchise, and the D has delivered in similar market conditions in the playoffs. Since 2001, it allows 12.7 points per game in six postseason clashes going off the betting favorite. The UNDER has hit in each, and by a -7.3 average margin.
This game is just the sixth time Ravens head coach John Harbaugh has gifted more than a touchdown on the oddsboard to an opponent with a winning record, whether in the regular season or playoffs, the last test coming in 2012. He is 3-2 SU and 0-5 ATS in the prior matchups, failing to cover a -7.8 average line by a 5.6 margin.
__MORE:__ [NFL playoff betting](https://www.betchicago.com/nfl-betting)

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